 Hi everybody, welcome to Facebook Live for Thursday evening. It's nice to have you back with us. Daniel, Gracias, ¿Qué tal amigos? Bienvenidos a otra sesión de Facebook en vivo, aquí con la ciudad de Fort Worth y la Caldeza Betsy Price. You know, today I'm joined by councilmember Brian Byrd. Hello. And councilmember Dennis Shingleton. I used to be here. You're working hard on your behalf. Both health professionals. Brian is a physician and Dennis is a pharmacist and a public health, member of the public health community, I would say. They're co-chairing the core committee, the committee on reopening the economy. El día de hoy tenemos a dos invitados, son dos consejales de la ciudad de Fort Worth. Tenemos al señor Brian Byrd y también al señor Dennis Shingleton. Ambos trabajan en el área médica, son doctores y también parmacéuticos. Asimismo ellos nos van a platicar el día de hoy del comité al que ellos pertenecen que las siglas son core y esto significa el comité en abrir, en re-abrir negocios y comercios. Y así tenemos que tener una estrategia para re-abrir los comercios y tener los niños de regreso a la escuela. Y antes de que nos enfoquemos en este comité, la alcaldesa nos va a dar los números de COVID-19. El día de hoy el condado de Taran aún no tenemos los números totales, pero nos han dicho que tienen ya más de 1000 casos positivos y el día de hoy se reportaron 37 fallecimientos. And Fort Worth has 19 fatalities and that's two fatalities over nine. Daniel, it doesn't get any easier any day. Así es, los números no se ponen más fáciles. En Fort Worth tenemos el día de hoy 19 fallecimientos, esos son dos más de la noche de ayer y la alcaldesa dice que esto no se pone lo más fácil. We are continuing to see an increase and you have to stay vigilant, but it's slower than was originally estimated, so you're doing the right thing. Aunque seguimos viendo un incremento en los números, lo estamos viendo más lento, lo cual significa que ustedes están haciendo lo que deben de hacer en su casa. And yesterday I mentioned that we would begin to work on a framework for re-opening and I think today you'll hear some good information. So we'll begin, we'll begin with Councilmember Schingleton. Y el día de ayer platicábamos de que tenemos que trabajar en la estructura para empezar a re-abrir y regresar a la normalidad y ahora el señor Schingleton nos va a dar alguna actualización. So tell us what's your committee, what you're looking at on this committee. Yes, the committee on re-opening the economy met earlier this week, comprised of businessmen, medical leaders, government leaders, members of the community. Así es, en el comité de esta semana se tuvieron una junta que está formada también por miembros de la comunidad, dueños de negocios y también personas que trabajan en el campo médico. And we're looking at a variety of information sources, state, federal, county, in order to begin the re-opening of our economy, but at a very slow rate. Y también están enfocándose en las áreas estatales, federales y de condado para ver los recursos que existen y abrir los negocios pero de una forma lenta. So Dennis, you're not thinking this is a quick bill of and a no, no, this is going to be very insidious, very slow and thought it well thought out, well executed. Si la alcaldesa le pregunta que esto no va a ser algo rápido de regresar y de re-abrir y él dice que no, este va a ser un proceso bien pensado, bien estructurado y también bien organizado. And Brian, we can't just flip the switch and re-open the economy, we would like to, but what are your guiding principles for this committee? Y la alcaldesa le pregunta al consejador que aunque no podemos nada más prender el switch de un lado para otro, le comenta y le pregunta a él que cuáles son las opciones que tenemos en este comité. Yeah, thank you, man. From a medical community standpoint, we want to make sure that we roll this out in the right pace and not do it too quickly, otherwise we're going to get ourselves into trouble. Él dice que por el punto médico del área médica queremos que esto se comience de una forma lenta y de una forma segura para no hacerlo tan rápido y que estemos de nuevo en problemas. Dice que la meta es de re-abrir otra vez todos los comercios, pero al mismo tiempo también restringir el como este virus se propaga. Y, as a business owner, that the last thing that I want to see is us rush into this and then a month or two later see a surge in viruses or hospitals overrun and we have to turn back and go back to where we were and lose all of that momentum. And Brian, it's just as important that the Hispanic community stay home as anybody. This virus doesn't know boundaries as far as rice or as this is correct. That's exactly right, Mayor, and I can tell you as a physician, I've been in the hospitals, I'm talking to our pulmonologists and our hospitalists, and this is a nasty bug. And there are a few milestones that you all are looking at. Do you want to talk a little bit about what those might be? I'm happy to, Mayor. So a couple of things to keep in mind before we do anything. We want to see the number of new cases start to decline and decline for at least 14 days, maybe a little bit longer. We want to see a treatment in place so that we can rescue people if they get in trouble with this virus. We also need a broad testing system so we can quickly identify new cases. And then we need adequate and robust, what's called contact tracing. And that's where we're going to go. We also need a broad testing system so we can quickly identify new cases. And then we need adequate and robust, what's called contact tracing. And that's where we call people who are close contacts of those who have gotten sick with the virus. And that's how we also understand and ask for a wider, more extensive way to locate these cases. And that's how we guide them and check where these contacts come from once they're located. Thank you, milestones. Those are important markers. And Dennis, you guys are also looking at some other points, such as why do we wear face masks? Exactly. And it's not just why we're wearing face masks, but how long do we wear face masks? And what other precautions do we have to take staying at home? So people call and ask us as councilmen and mayor, a variety of questions that come to mind and we have presented to the task force here. What retail businesses are going to open first? When are we going to have a vaccine? When are we going to have medications that treat these diseases so that we can get a hand on them? And when do we have football? All sorts of things. But we just have to take this a very slow step at a time in order to protect our citizens. And that's what we're challenged with. And Alcaldeza asks the councilman where some of the questions that they've received in this committee, such as the masks, if he comments like this, the calls or the questions they've been asked, what businesses are going to open first? What types of masks are we going to be able to continue using? Also, the medication, the vaccine, even when are we going to be able to play football again? And he says that we're going to take this very seriously and it's going to be a slow process and step by step. And it's important that all of you stay with the rules and stay at home so that this is a slow but safe process. Lots of hard questions yet to be answered on. Yes, not only hard but sensitive. Yes. Many questions and he comments that they are not only difficult but also sensitive. So Brian and Dennis, thank you both for chairing this committee and the work you're doing. We really appreciate it. You know, there's no exact formula when we will reopen. I wish I could say tomorrow will be open or in a month will be open. We don't know that yet, but without a strategy to look at this, we won't know the data to support those decisions. The overall health of our community and the safety of our residents is the first and foremost data point that we're looking at. So stay vigilant and stay home. And lastly, I want to invite you to join me and others tonight as we celebrate our first responders and our health care workers are coming out on your porch at seven o'clock. Ring bells, clap your hands, hold the horn if you're near the car and let's thank these folks for serving us. This is a joint project with my friend Mayor Johnson in Dallas and the surrounding cities. So invite your friends and families, call them up or FaceTime and say go out at seven and help us cheer. And there's a hashtag, right? And there's a hashtag. It's hashtag DFWOvation. So as always, y'all stay safe, y'all stay healthy and y'all stay home. Thank you. So as always, y'all stay safe, y'all stay healthy and y'all stay home. And in the words of the mayor, Betty Price, she says, keep safe, keep healthy and stay home. And as the mayor of Singleton says, stay in the backyard of your house. Thank you, Mayor.